Fore-Edge Printing Melbourne?
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- Huebert
Hey, I'm looking for a printer in Melbourne that can do fore-edge printing like this for some business cards
can anyone suggest a printer?
- Amicus0
It's not that hard a process, but I was also wondering about a decent printer who'd do it for an upcoming project.
- ********0
I'm curious... i've seen something like this before, where one side of the paper was a different color. it was basically two pieces of paper seem-lessly glued onto one another. is it the same thing, or another process?
- <duplexedpartdeux
- ya that was it. i guess perhaps its a different process********
- __TM0
doing one too, apparently not all pantone colours can be used. wtf?
- Amicus0
depending on the stock thickness several sheets are pressed together using something like some G clamps and some wood and the edges are then printed. Works best on ultra thick business cards. Books can be done even more trickily with an image printed across the page edges and even around all three nonbound edges.
Totally different to duplexing, triplexing or sepaplexing (http://www.underconsideration.c...
- airey0
and by 'printing' you mean 'painted on with a brush'.
- Amicus0
oops, yes I mean painted.
and the link is - http://www.underconsideration.co…
- Huebert0
yep doing it yourself seems to be the way to go, I spoke to a few printers but they had no idea what i was talking about.
- inteliboy0
this might be a stupid question, so apologise - but can one buy an amount of pantone ink?
- Amicus0
@inteliboy - you could probably get your favourite printer to mix you up a small pot for not too much cashola.
- ********0
I guess everybody's doing it
- utopian0
^^^ Fore-edge printing is the newest rage...
- ********0
I was trolling
- Are you getting fore-edge printing as well?utopian
- years ago, when qbners were still doing deer heads********
- horton0
actually, fore-skin printing is the newest rage.
- Amicus0
was going to use glow in the dark ink with a licorice/aniseed scent, but the client is allergic to licorice and scared of the dark ;)
- neue75_bold0
try contacting these guys Hue, they might not do it themselves, but surely they'd know someone..
- an no, pantones aren't used, it's not a printing ink that's used, although I can't remember what it is called..neue75_bold
- so colour selection is a bit limited..neue75_bold
- cheers mateHuebert
- ********0
Craft paper, a rubber band, and paint.
Way cheaper.
- I don't think it's that expensive, I had it done on 1000 cards and 500 letterhead [in amsterdam] for aboutneue75_bold
- €250...neue75_bold
- where was that neue? ive been trying to get someone to do it to 1000 books but no diceagentfour